Tom Blair
3:39
47 l Doncaster get the penalty for offside and will kick into Pirates territory.
15-12 (41-36) #COYP
15-12 (41-36) #COYP
3:39
46' | Kick tennis going on here. Knights collect the ball and the advantage. Play is brought back when Edwards looks to put in a searching kick.
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
3:38
45' | Denman off ➡️ Paul on.
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
3:37
45' | Wedlake collects Green's high ball kick off the back of the Knights maul. Pirates kick for territory bit Knights collect and look to go back on the offensive.
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
3:36
44' | Foot in touch call from the linesman gives Knights the lineout on their 22 line. Goes to Peters once again and they look to drive the maul.
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
3:35
43' | Pirates are marched forward by the ref, looks to be for Knights back-chat. They will have a lineout outside the Knights 22.
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
3:35
42' | Lineout to the Knights and this time it foes to hand for Peters. Holden and Davey again looking to connect in the phases but the Knights are called for going off their feet at the breakdown and Pirates are awarded the penalty.
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
3:34
42 l Lively start as Cant breaks up field! Doncaster look for a 50:22 but Bazalgette tidies up. Back come the Knights but it's a penalty Pirates.
15-12 (41-36) #COYP
15-12 (41-36) #COYP
3:34
41' | Cant makes a speedy break but Evans gets hands on him and there's no place he is going apart from to the ground in the tackle.
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
3:33
41' | Lovely charge down from Holden on the restart gives Knights the platform at the lineout but Pirates steal it in the air.
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
3:33
Back underway at the Mennaye Field.
Big second half to come in today's Cup fixture.
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
Big second half to come in today's Cup fixture.
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
3:32
3:20
*Cliche alert*
It's a real cup tie here! Back and forth stuff between two good sides and it's the Pirates in front on the day and on aggregate as we head into an intriguing second 40.
#COYP
It's a real cup tie here! Back and forth stuff between two good sides and it's the Pirates in front on the day and on aggregate as we head into an intriguing second 40.
#COYP
3:17
HALF TIME | A relatively even first half comes to an end as the teams run in for half-time with Pirates holding a short lead.
Still all to play for at Mennaye Field.
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
Still all to play for at Mennaye Field.
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
3:17
3:16
40 l Dawson hoists a huge kick up and Cant takes superbly before releasing Sirker for a beauty! No extras and that's the break.
15-12 (41-36) #COYP
15-12 (41-36) #COYP
3:16
40' | Conversion attempt unsuccessful from Bazalgette.
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
3:16
40' | Try Pirates. A return kick from Dawson is better than the first attempt and Cant is able to collect well. Running for the line, he gives the offload to Sirker to secure the try.
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 15 - 12 ⚔️
3:15
3:15
39' | Pirates look to play into the Knights 22 with a kick but it's easily collected by McBryde who calls for the mark.
🏴☠️ 10 - 12 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 12 ⚔️
3:13
38' | Conversion attempt unsuccessful form McBryde.
🏴☠️ 10 - 12 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 12 ⚔️
3:13
38 l All the momentum with the visitors now who score through Hudson again. McBryde misses, so we're level on aggregate.
10-12 (36-36) #COYP
10-12 (36-36) #COYP
3:13
37' | TRYYYY!!! Unclean lineout take from the Pirates and Holling is able to dive on the ball. Spotting a gap, Hudson just scoops up the ball and charges through, straight to the line for his second of the day!
🏴☠️ 10 - 12 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 12 ⚔️
3:11
36' | Knights look for quick interplay between Strachan, Davey, Holden and Evans but the last pass just doesn't go to hand and the ball into touch gives Pirates the lineout.
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
3:09
35' | Davey looks to release Holden on the wing but is tackled as he passes, sending the ball into touch. However, a Pirates hand was the last to touch the ball, so Knights will have a scrum put-in.
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
3:08
3:08
34' | Penalty kick is pulled wide from McBryde and Pirates will have the 22 dropout.
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
3:08
33' | Peters runs hard into Duncan. The Pirates man is called for not releasing and McBryde points to the posts.
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
3:07
32' | Knights looking to connect quickly in the phases across the field. Davey does well to take a pass which is slightly behind him from Holden to keep the momentum going in attack.
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
3:06
31' | A chase of a high ball from Holden has him getting fingertips to it, allowing Holling to grab it from the floor. He tries to go again after a tackle, but the Knights had an advantage for knock-on anyway so will have the scrum.
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
3:04
30' | Pirates looking to play in the Knights' half but Tucker's hand-off reaches Knights hands and the visitors look to break.
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
3:04
3:03
29' | Conversion successful from McBryde directly in front of the posts.
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 7 ⚔️
3:03
28' | TRYYYY!!! Hudson perfectly executes a support line for Kelly who draws in the closest defender before handing off to his teammate to run in the Knight's opening score.
🏴☠️ 10 - 5 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 5 ⚔️
3:03
3:02
27' | Pirates collect McBryde's kick but send one of their own back. Volpi and Kelly connect beautifully to release the latter to tear down field.
🏴☠️ 10 - 0 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 0 ⚔️
3:01
26' | Despite pressure in the air, Peters collects and Knights look to build a platform.
🏴☠️ 10 - 0 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 0 ⚔️
3:00
26' | Lineout to the Pirates on halfway and they go to the phases quickly off of it. Big hits going in to prevent their advance - a combo of Strachan and Holden bundles Wedlake into touch with the ball for a Knights lineout.
🏴☠️ 10 - 0 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 0 ⚔️
3:00
26 l Volpi and Kelly link up and get into the 22 with a series of offloads, but Channon gets in a good position over the ball to win a penalty.
10-0 (36-24) #COYP
10-0 (36-24) #COYP
2:59
25' | After trading kicks, Knights are on the run in the Pirates half. Barging run from Kelly gets them into the Pirates 22 but the ref calls a not releasing penalty and the home side are given a chance to exit.
🏴☠️ 10 - 0 ⚔️
🏴☠️ 10 - 0 ⚔️
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